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Tuesday 15 March 2016

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AMAZING AMAZON INITIATIVE.... PHOTOS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENTATION













  • Women in their throngs came out on the 6
    th
    of March 2016
    to receive the best Mother’s day gift any woman could get!
    It was the launch of the first real action oriented Support
    Group for women in Nigeria; the AMAZING AMAZON
    INITIATIVE which held at Berkeley Hotel, GRA, Ikeja.
    Adenike Ogunlesi, the owner of Ruff n Tumble who also
    happens to be the Chairperson of the Board of Trustee,
    chaired the occasion.
    Also in attendance was Laila St
    Matthew Daniels, a No Domestic Violence and Abuse
    advocate and Emeka Oparah, the Vice President Corporate
    Communications Airtel Nigeria who are also members of the
    Board. The special guests who graced the occasion includes
    some of Nollywood’s finest, Caroline Danjuma, and Adunni
    Ade who spoke to the women about their personal
    experiences and life’s lessons that left an indelible
    impression on them. Mrs. Toyin Collins, Pastor Edebi Otefe
    amongst others shared valued thoughts too.
    The Visioneer and Founder of the initiative Mercy Makinde
    spoke extensively on her life’s journey from when she was
    given out in early marriage from the tender age of 18 years
    to a man older than her father till when she decided to take
    her destiny in her hands by walking away from the abusive
    marriage that lasted 11years of her early life.
    She purported that it took her that long to leave and run for
    her dear life because of the lack of a support system in our
    society for women in troubled marriages. Rather than
    support, the society generally turns around to stigmatize
    and labels the victim even when there is clear evidence that
    the woman’s life is at stake!
    She emphasized the need for women to come together to
    form a strong bond and create a platform for them to get
    support, coaching, mentoring, business and networking
    opportunities. Hence, the birth of AMAZING AMAZON
    initiative, which is a real ACTION oriented Women Support
    Group.
    Mercy added that even though in our culture women rarely
    get to “hang out” or “seal deals over drinks” like the men
    folk, they however still need gatherings where they come
    together to celebrate, nurture, get mentored, get trainings,
    encouragement, console one another, network, learn and
    grow their business. She emphasized that women need,
    intimacy support and consolation, particularly during difficult
    times especially now that face-to-face interactions within our
    communities are becoming rare.
    “We sometimes get support from family and friends, but
    sometimes they cannot easily understand what it’s like to be
    in our situation because they haven’t really walked in our
    shoes. But being in a group with people who have been in
    your same situation can help fill the void as they may be
    able to provide the needed succor and share proven and
    practical steps they once used in dealing with the situation.
    Whether a woman is dealing with illness, emotional
    problems, marital issues, parenting issues, life transitions, or
    a temporary situational crisis, we would come together with
    people in the same situation to offer each other support and
    encouragement’’...she said.
    Amazing Amazon Initiative will provide a places where
    women can share personal stories, express emotions and be
    heard in an atmosphere of acceptance, understanding, and
    encouragement. Participants will get helpful information
    from Resources persons and Facilitators who are experts in
    their different fields of endeavor. By helping others, people
    in this support group will strengthen and empower
    themselves as these support from group members will
    enables personal growth and change in a way that individual
    therapy cannot achieve.
    Beyond the usual sermons of a seminar and coaching
    sessions, the initiative will take practical steps to alleviate
    whatever travails a woman is going through. The group will
    be the “WHO” and “WHERE” that every woman should run to
    in her times of need and this network is open to women of
    all walks of life everywhere in Nigeria. After the Lagos
    launch, the next stop now is Abuja to be followed by Port
    Harcourt as women from these locations are already
    registering to become a part of the initiative.
    In demonstration of their claim to support and not just talk,
    a lady in the attendance yesterday who owned up to
    currently being a victim of domestic violence was
    immediately given free legal services from a lawyer in the
    network from the Federal Ministry of Justice. Her case was
    immediately taken up and she will get whatever help and
    support she requires of the group. Others had employment
    issues, which the group had taken up to assist.
    UBA Foundation also in solidarity and support of the
    initiative donated a hundred branded school bags to the
    group. These would be given out to the less privileged kids
    through their mothers.
    The Chairman, Board of Trustees Mrs Adenike Ogunlesi
    spoke at length on how the women can still live a fulfilled
    and happy life even though it is difficult if not almost
    impossible to achieve a perfect balance in life. She did using
    a graphic illustration of life’s circle and the women excitedly
    joined in on the “wheel of life” exercise. She ended her
    session by emphasizing how important it is for women to
    join the network and she encouraged them all to sign up and
    join the forum as a lot awaits them.
    Other speakers also shared some very valuable life lessons
    with the women who were yearning to hear more at the end
    of the programme. The event, which was proudly supported
    by Airtel Nigeria and Guardian Nigeria, left the women with a
    renewed vigor and hope.

    www.theamazingamazon.org

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